Acid-labile and enzymatically divisible dye compounds for diagnosis with near infrared light and for therapy

US6534041B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Institute for Diagnostic Research GmbH of the Free University of Berlin · DE

Inventors

• Kai Licha · Berlin, DE
• Bjorn Riefke · Berlin, DE
• Wolfhard Semmler · Glienicke, DE
• Wolfgang Wrasidlo · Village of La Jolla, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 1, 2000
• Grant date: Mar 18, 2003
• Expiry date: May 1, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/583
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to acid-labile and enzymatically divisible compounds for in-vivo and in-vitro diagnosis by means of near infrared radiation (NIR-radiation), the use of said compounds as optic diagnostic and therapeutic agents, and the diagnostic agents containing said compounds.